Hemant Mehta interviewed David Javerbaum, author of What to Expect When You’re Expected: A Fetus’s Guide to the First Three Trimesters, and departing head writer and executive producer of the The Daily Show. His thoughts on Jon Stewart being named in polls as “America’s Most Trusted Newscaster”: I think he and I would both agree that [Read More...]

On the media: For years I’ve heard liberals say the media is too conservative, and the conservatives say the media is too liberal. I’ve always thought some parts of the media were like that kid on the playground that said “Psst! Did you hear what so and so said about your mom?” Controversy sells and [Read More...]

Greenwald is scathing on the media in general and takes the late Tim Russert to be the avatar of all that is wrong with them: Tellingly, his most celebrated and significant moment — Greg Mitchell says “this broadcast would help save many thousands of lives, U.S. and Vietnamese, perhaps even a million” — was when [Read More...]

Steyn empathizes with Palin: suddenly you get the call from Washington. You know it’ll mean Secret Service, and speechwriters, and minders vetting your wardrobe. But nobody said it would mean a mainstream network comedy host doing statutory rape gags about your 14-year old daughter. You’ve got a special-needs kid and a son in Iraq and [Read More...]